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Christiano Nunes da Silva returns to his position with the eight other priests during their ordination ceremony at Cathedral of the Incarnation Saturday, July 26, 2014 in Nashville, TN. Sanford Myers / The Tennessean

Priests lay their hands on the heads of the nine priests being ordained during the largest Catholic ordination ceremony ever in Tennessee at Cathedral of the Incarnation Saturday, July 26, 2014 in Nashville, TN. Sanford Myers / The Tennessean

Bishop David Choby, of the Diocese of Nashville, ordains Michael Fye during the ordination ceremony at Cathedral of the Incarnation Saturday, July 26, 2014 in Nashville, TN. Sanford Myers / The Tennessean

Gervan Menezes, left, stands with the priests being ordained during the biggest Catholic ordination ceremony ever in Tennessee at Cathedral of the Incarnation Saturday, July 26, 2014 in Nashville, TN. Sanford Myers / The Tennessean

As a sign of solidarity, priests lay their hands on the heads of the nine priests being ordained at Cathedral of the Incarnation Saturday, July 26, 2014 in Nashville, TN. Sanford Myers / The Tennessean

After being ordained as a priest, Gervan Menezes takes part in communion during mass following the ordination ceremony at Cathedral of the Incarnation Saturday, July 26, 2014 in Nashville, TN. Sanford Myers / The Tennessean

Priests Michael Fye, left, Gervan Menezes, center, and Phillip Halladay, right, walk out of the church after their ordination ceremony at Cathedral of the Incarnation Saturday, July 26, 2014 in Nashville, TN. Sanford Myers / The Tennessean

Priests Phillip Halladay, left, and Paul Nguyen, right, high five after their ordination ceremony at Cathedral of the Incarnation Saturday, July 26, 2014 in Nashville, TN. Sanford Myers / The Tennessean

The procession into the church begins before the start of the biggest Catholic ordination ceremony ever in Tennessee at Cathedral of the Incarnation Saturday, July 26, 2014 in Nashville, TN. Nine priests were ordained. Sanford Myers / The Tennessean